Wire-bound box.



C. G. MENGEL.V

WIRE BOUND BOX.

ArrLloA'rIoN Hmm AUG. 1a, 190e.

927,261. f Patented July 6,1909.

i support for the sides is provided to the extreinc outer edges thereof, whereby they inay be tacked to the cleats and thus securely held in position. Furthermore, the sides being supported to their meeting-ed ges there is no danger oftheir being crushed,

. especially where they'are formed of light material, rsuch as veneer or the like. It will likewise he seen that by forming bevels upon the ends of the cleats, coincident with the bevels of the abutting edges of the sides, the parts when brought to position will forin a tight joint at the corners or edges of the box, and that there is little or no danger of the binding wires breaking down the edges of the sheets when the parts are folded and the wires tightened..

lt is manifest that instead of forming the cleats of veneer they may be made from solid material, but for obvious reasons veneer is preferable.'

it is, oi.' course, conceivable that in so fai"i as the generic construction of the cleats is concerned, they may be. employed with sides of' a form diliercnt from that illustrated; as, .for instance, a single sheet of veneer inight be used for all oi such sides, or the sides may be extended beyond the ends oli-the cleats to form a square joint when -the parts are brought to position, as is common in the art. The bevcl-edged construction of' the sides is, however, preferred for obvious reasons.

ln Fig. 6 the binding Wire is shown secured to the box in line with the cleats, the

staples passing through the sides into the cleats.

Having thus described my invention, what.

f l claim isz.

1. in a knock-down box, the combination of a plurality of sides, the adjacent edges of whinh are beveled so as to forni a close joint when brought to position; and a pair of cleats carried .by each side, each cleat having a beveled and a square portion at each end,

, said beveled and square portions oi each end contacting and' forming a close joint with .the corresponding portions of the next adjacent cleat when the parts are brought to their closed or assembled position.

2. In a kiiocl.'dmvn box, the combination of a plurality of sides; and -a pair of cleats secured to each side, each cleat being provided at one end with an outwardly-projecting square portion and abeveled face, and at its opposite end with a square portion which stops short of the edge of the side a distance equal to the width of the cleat, and likewise provided with a beveled portion coinplernental in shape to the beveled 'portion formed upon the opposite end, whereby when the parts are brought to their assembled or closed position the end of said square projecting portions will abut against the face of the next adjacent side of the box, While the beveled portions will contact with each other and bring the parts to their proper position.v

3. ln a knock-down box, the combination of a plurality oi sides, the adjacent edges of which are beveled at an angle of and a pair of cleats secured to each of said sides, each cleat having a beveled portion at each end which is formed coincident with the bevel upon the edges of the sides, and with a projecting square portion at one end, the end oi said square portion terminating at the inner edge of the beveled portion of the side,

Kthe opposite end of the cleat being likewise provided with a square portion which' ter* niinates short of the beveled portion a distance equal to the width of the cleat,

4. In a knock-down box, the combination of a plurality of sides; bindingr wires for securing the saine together; a pair of cleats for each of said sides, each end of' each cleat being provided with beveled face and a square portion adapted to cooperate and iorin a close joint with the end of the next adj acont cleat; and fastening devices passing through the overlapping ends of the cleats.

5. in a l i1ocl dmvn box, the combination of plurality of sides; binding wires for securing the saine together 5 and a pair of cleats for each oi said sides, each end, of cach cleat being provided with a beveled face compleinental in forni to the beveled end of' the next adjacent cleat, and likewise provided with a square portion lying to one sido of the beveledt portion and adapted to bearl against and, forni a joint with the square end ol the next adjacent cleat.

in testimony whereof l have signed my naine to this specification in the prescrive of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES (i. MlCNGllli.

Vi/itncsses:

vFimnn VAN Bomans, Jr., it. A. IALLnY- 

